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Slide 71
    TEXT VERSION OF TITLE SLIDE:

    Title: Current Facts About Nurses
    Contents:
    • There is a national shortage of nurses
    • 12% of nurses leave the profession annually as the results of back injury
    • Nursing injury rates rank higher than
      • Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Construction
    • Average nurse lifts more than 6,600 pounds/shift
    • # 1 reason nurses leave the profession is due to physical demands of the job
      Average age of a nurse in Bon Secours Richmond is 48
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    BONS SECOURS EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
    Good Help. Good Health]